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What is the Laurel Club?

The Laurel Club was an organization of Connecticut legislative reporters established in 1909. It was formed “To foster cooperation among legislative newspapermen; to promote better government by accurate and fearless reporting; to puncture the overinflated egos of legislators.”

Owen Canfield, a columnist for the Register Citizen and former sports columnist at the Hartford Courant,was injured early Thursday morning when the car he was driving hit a utility pole. Police describe the injuries as “life threatening”. Our thoughts are with him.

I found the neighborhood chngae map to be incredibly interesting when you looked at the downtown area of Hartford, mainly because it went from the small buildings of a small town city to huge buildings along with parking structures. I find this the most interesting because initially it was seen as a fantastic thing, that all these insurance businesses were moving in, but then they all left, leaving these huge empty buildings. Buildings that now host numerous companies instead of giant employer ones.